Friday: Scott Morrison says he intended to ‘lower fears about Islam not elevate them’. Plus: The US recognises Israel’s sovereignty over Golan HeightsGood morning, this is Helen Sullivan bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Friday 22 March. Con...

Teachers told they may have to ‘adopt carer role’ if traffic stops parents picking children upTeachers in schools in Kent have been told they may have to suspend classes and “adopt a carer role” in the event of disruption caused by a no-deal Brexit.The wa...

Janina Findeisen, who went to Syria when seven months pregnant, was released with her son in September 2016A German woman who was abducted in Syria and held captive for nearly a year has revealed how her kidnappers were prepared to “cut off my head in fro...

Brazil's former President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday in an investigation of alleged graft in the construction of a nuclear power plant, prosecutors said, threatening to delay debate over the government's ambitious fiscal reforms. Jillian Kitche...

A U.S. judge has ruled that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's representatives can present arguments in a court battle with Canadian mining company Crystallex International Corp, a boost to his efforts to retain control of the country's overseas a...